Name______Class______Date______
chapter13Main Idea Activities 13.1 (pp. 278–281)
The Texans
ORGANIZING INFORMATION Fill in the blanks to complete the chart below.
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marryimmigrantscotton
Slaves in the Republic / worked long hours in______fieldshad no legal right to ______
Free African Americans in the Republic / Texans petitioned ______
on their behalf
their immigration to Texas was
______by 1840 law
Tejanos in the Republic / faced hostility from new U.S.
______
helped to create a unique Texas-Mexican ______tradition
EVALUATING INFORMATION On the lines provided, write T if the statement is true, or write F if the statement is false.
______1.Life in the new Republic presented many challenges.
______2.Entire towns had been burned down during the Texas Revolution.
______3.To discourage immigration, the Republic of Texas took back many of the land grants it had given to individuals.
______4.The Republic set up a land grant policy modeled after the
empresario system.
______5.U.S. settlers came to the Republic of Texas mainly to escape the war that was going on in the United States.
______6.Most U.S. settlers to Texas were from the northeastern United States.
______7.Many slaveholders were drawn to the Republic because the Constitution of 1836 ensured that slavery was legal.
______8.Between 1836 and 1845, the number of enslaved African Americans in Texas decreased quite a bit.
______9.Slaves in Texas had no right to own private property or to have a family.
______10.The Ashworth Act allowed all free African Americans who were
in Texas at the time of the Texas Declaration of Independence to
stay in Texas.
______11.Vicente Córdova lead a group of Tejanos and American Indian allies in the Córdova Rebellion.
______12.Despite Sam Houston’s efforts, few Texans were interested in living peacefully with the American Indians.
UNDERSTANDING MAIN IDEAS For each of the following, write the letter of the bestchoice on the line provided.
______1.From 1836 to 1847, the Texas population increasedby nearly
a.1,000.
b.10,000.
c.100,000.
d.1 million.
______2.The largest group of immigrants to Texas came from
a.Great Britain.
b.the United States.
c.France.
d.Germany.
______3.In February 1840 Congress passed a law that required free African Americans to leave the Republic within
a.six months.
b.one year.
c.two years.
d.five years.
______4.Which of the following signed the Texas Declaration of Independence?
a.José Antonio Navarro
b.Greenbury Logan
c.Juan Seguín
d.all of the above
Name______Class______Date______
chapter13Main Idea Activities 13.2 (pp. 282–284)
European Immigration to Texas
CLASSIFYING INFORMATION For each of the following Texas settlers, write the letter of the person’s home country on the line.
______1.James Hewetson
______2.Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels
______3.Henri Castro
______4.John O. Meusebach
______5.William Kennedy
EVALUATING Information On the lines provided, write T if the statement is true, or write F if the statement is false.
______1.Germans first came to Texas in the early 1700s.
______2.The purpose of the Adelsverein was to encourage French citizens to settle in the Republic of Texas.
______3.Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels came to Texas in 1844 followed by a group of peasants and craftspeople.
______4.The Texas port that was called Karlshafen by the Germans was later renamed Fredericksburg.
______5.German settlers established the town of New Braunfels along the Guadalupe and Comal Rivers.
______6.When Prince Carl returned home to Germany in 1845, he was replaced by Henri Castro.
______7.By 1847 the German Emigration Company had sent more than 7 million immigrants to Texas.
______8.Today many Hill Country towns strongly reflect German traditions.
______9.In 1840 Texas and France signed a treaty that encouraged French immigration to Texas.
______10.Many of the French settlers to Texas came from the province of Alsace.
______11.The Texas towns of D’Hanis, Quihi, and Vandenburg were settled by the Irish.
______12.During the 1820s several Irishmen had received empresario contracts.
______13.Many Irish immigrants fought in the Texas Revolution.
______14.Polish and Czech immigrants settled in South and Central Texas.
UNDERSTANDING MAIN IDEAS For each of the following, write the letter of the bestchoice on the line provided.
______1.The largest European group to immigrate to Texas were the
a.French.
b.British.
c.Polish.
d.Germans.
______2.The Adelsverein was also known as the
a.British Immigration Company.
b.Czechoslovakian Emigration Factory.
c.German Emigration Company.
d.Polish Immigration Corporation.
______3.Which of the following Texas towns was founded by French settlers?
a.Castroville
b.Goliad
c.Boerne
d.Comfort
______4.Who wrote the 1841 book, Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects ofthe Republic of Texas?
a.William Kennedy
b.Henri Castro
c.Baron Otfried Hans Freiherr von Meusebach
d.John O. Meusebach
Name______Class______Date______
chapter13Main Idea Activities 13.3 (pp. 286–289)
Texas Life
CLASSIFYING INFORMATION For each of the following Texans, write the letter of his or her type of work on the line provided. Some answers will be used more than once.
______1.Robert Thompson
______2.Mary Austin Holley
______3.Mirabeau B. Lamar
______4.Henry Austin
______5.Charles Kneass
______6.William Kennedy
______7.Théodore Gentilz
______8.Jefferson Wright
______9.David Woodman Jr.
______10.Taylor White
EVALUATING INFORMATION On the lines provided, write T if the statement is true, or write F if the statement is false.
______1.Most farms in the Texas Republic were small family farms.
______2.Practically all farmers in Texas had slaves to help with the farmwork.
______3.Texas farmers mostly grew food for their own needs.
______4.Most of the jobs in the Republic’s towns were related to mining
and manufacturing.
______5.The most successful towns in the Texas Republic were Carolina, Geneva, Pompei, and Rome.
______6.Texas roads were poor, particularly in bad weather, and travel was difficult.
______7.The first steamboat to enter a Texas river was a steamboat called
the Ariel.
______8.Steamboats began operating on the lower Rio Grande in 1799.
______9.Dances were one of the most popular pastimes in Texas.
______10.Most books published in the Republic were romance novels or biographies.
______11.By 1840 there were more than a dozen newspapers being published
in Texas.
______12.The Presbyterian Church was the largest denomination in the Republic.
______13.Jewish immigrants built synagogues in Galveston, Houston, and
San Antonio.
______14.The Texas government ran most schools in the Republic.
REVIEWING FACTS Fill in the blanks with the correct words to complete the statements below.
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newspapersHoustonacademies
1. A few Texas ranchers, such as Taylor White, drove their cattle to ______to sell them in markets there.
2.______Tejanos owned ranches in ______Texas.
3. Texas towns such as ______and Galveston grew quickly as many new immigrants moved there.
4. The most common publications in the Republic of Texas were ______.
5. After Texas independence, many Protestant ______built churches in Texas.
6. Several Texas towns established private ______, or schools that offered classes at the high school level.